In my last blog I wrote off the Giants title hopes following news that they had been stuffed by their title rivals the Coventry Blaze 7-1 and felt that after blowing the must win game, they now relied on a lot of luck from other teams in which to win the title because the Giants had only three more games against the Blaze directly. But then I started updating the league table on the site here and noticed that the game at the top is not as bad as I first thought it ought to be now.

The Giants currently sit four points back on the Blaze but having played two games more and with Nottingham wedged in between them having played two more times than the Giants. So yes the Giants will look for the Blaze to drop points, but in theory beating them in the three remaining games can still salvage the season. Of course there are a few things against that.

1. They haven’t beat the Blaze all season so exciting three wins on the trots seems like a big ask, though in hockey, never rule anything out.

2. The Giants need to go almost perfect the rest of the way if they are expecting the Blaze to do likewise (not withstanding the three head-to-head games), though there is every chance the Blaze will hit a few hurdles along the way.

But think about it, there is still 24 league games to be played which means there is a lot of wins and defeats to come and also injuries, for both teams. So I was a little hasty in my anger at reading the awful result against our title rivals to call the title race over. There is still lots to be played, the Giants just need to find a way to sort out their form against the team they want to beat to the title.

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